Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-11-15
PROHIBITION IN MAINE.


In the course of q long ar icle over the
signature, f. S. OsGOOD, city editor Port
land Arqus, t~elegraphed from Portland,
Maine, the writer makes the following re-
marks on the effect Of the law
That the prOhibitory law has not de-
creased liquor drinking in the cities oil
Maine is the view generally held By the
ablest men among us. In Portland 1t has,
To a considerable extent, driven traffic into
the poorer and less respectable localities,
among a class that had rather 20 to Jail
for selling liquor than pay the fine. when
one of these persons IL sent to jail the SAFE
of liquor in his place does not stop. An
other member of the family have q Key OF
beer on tap frequently before the other Is
landed in hig cell, and when the latter
m out of Jail the former Is not lnlTe-
q~uently necessitated to take his turn N
Jail for q similar ~Ottense, aud 80 the wheel
of the law turns, and so the sale ct liquor
goes on unIemittingly in spite OF, at times,
the strongest efforts OF the officers TO crush
out the sale of liquor. 1t is always to be
bought if q man has the money 70 pay
for it.
Being in constant fear Of seizures, the
dealer in ardent spirits buy only SINAI
quantities at one time, and that OF the
cheapest quality. They buy the "reeti-
fed whisky that costs about Sl.2o a gal
Ion, of which two ordinary drinks make q
make q man sick, drunk and nearly crazy.
It NAV be laid down as q fact that the
prohibitOry law IN Maine has made drunk
ards of hundreds OF boys in the cities, who
contracted the habit IN club rooms that
never would nave existed but for this law.
In Portland the liquor Law is enforced with
more ~stringency than in any other city in
the State, both by the police officers and
by the three special liquor deputies, and
vet plenty of liquor is sold. 1t can be OBJ
tanned al the hotels, at the drug stores and
hundreds OF places in the less respectable
localities Of the city.
The records Of the police stations show
an increasing number OF arrests for drunk
enness year by year. In Bangor, a thriving
city in the eastern part Of the State, the
liquor law is practically q dead letter
The authorities never trOublea liquor
saloon, provided it is closed at ten o'clock
on secular days, and kept closed on Sun
day. There il less drunkenness IN Bangor
in proportion to the population than there
is in Portland.
This is interesting, and, TO use an old
but good phrase, important If true.
WHAT KIND OF JOURNALISTIC
Under the head, as this fair play" the
Intelligence prints the following, which is
quoted entire; it is rather late and the sub
iect rather stale, but it Is the first mention
of it in any way that we have seen in the
~IateTigeReer:
The REGISTER was glad 70 give place in its al.
legged editorial columns to what purpOrted TO be
an interview Of a Cincinnati ERqHt1T cOrreSpOn.
dent with Governor Foraker just after the cleo
ton. In that article Foraker was shown at great
Disadvantage, being made % thrust himself To
the front i'm a staggering way Us q Presidential
aspirauL This produced ia the REGIsTER Office
a condition Of intense "ghOuliSh glee.'
On Friday night the Associated Press sent out
aeireumStantial denial nom Gov. Foraker. IN
which the Governor said, among other things,
that the ERyUirCr correspondent, Col. Taylor,
came to his house intoxicated, had very little
talk with lin, and then manufactured what he
printed as a interview. This part Of the ASSOOi8'
led Press dispatch is not to be found in the REG.
ISTER. IL did not suit the REGISTER : politics
Is this fair play Is it decent journalism:
When the EatsligeReer says that Gov.
FoRAKER's denial in this case was sent out
by the Associated Press or that the subject
was handled in any way by the Associated
Press, it simply says, with malice prepense,
what Is absolutely and unqualitiedly false.
If it is not we will, in the good old Ameri-
can way, forfeit any amount Of good money
the IateHigeReer can cover. If it was sent
out by the Associated Press why did not
the Intelligence print it? The REGISTER
printed the whole matter, Governor For
AKER's denial included, which denial
the IRtsHigeaeer, with almost unparal-
leled b~razenness, says the REG
IsTER did not print. Further than
this the REGISTER also printed
yesterday the card to the editor of the New
York World from Mr.. TAYLOR, the re-
porter who interviewed Gov. FORAKER, in
which card Mr.. TAYLOR vouehes fOS the
authenticity of the interview that Gov.
FORAKER denies. Why did not the In
tsRigeReer print this, or why did it not
print FORAKER's denial, or why did it
not print the original interview, which
FoRAKER deniedp Why did it not give
ats readers at least one sideo tbs question:
ns29,he REoIsrER gave its readers both sides,
inter Won muse shit OF ON all qnss.
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